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Chukat: Final Journeys in the Desert
Numbers 19:1–22:1
The sixth section of the Book of Numbers opens with the law (or “rule,” chukat, in Hebrew) governing the process of purification from the state of ritual defilement that a person contracts through contact with a human corpse. After this, the Torah’s narrative advances to the final years of the Jewish people’s wanderings in the desert until they arrived at the threshold of the Land of Israel.
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Daily Quote
Someone once said to my father, "The Alter Rebbe's chassidim were always keeping count." My father took a great liking to the saying, and he commented: "That idea characterizes a person's service of G-d. The hours must be 'counted hours,' then the days will be 'counted days.' When a day passes one should know what he has accomplished and what remains yet to be done... In general, one should always see to it that tomorrow should be much better than today."
–Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch (Hayom Yom, Iyar 1)
The Parshah
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